I wanna hold 'em like they do in Texas plays
Fold 'em, let 'em, hit me, raise it baby stay with me (I love it)
Love Game intuition play the cards with spades to start
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-e-oh-oh-oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-e-oh-oh-oh,
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got

[Chorus]
Can't read my,
Can't read my,
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got me like nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She is gonna let nobody)

P p p poker face, p p p poker face
(Muh muh muh muh)
P p p poker face, p p poker face
(Muh muh muh muh)

I wanna roll with him a hard pair we will be
A little gambling is fun when you're with me (I love it)
Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun
And baby when it's love, if its not rough it isn't fun, fun

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-e-oh-oh-oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-e-oh-oh-oh,
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got

[Chorus]

P p p poker face, p p p poker face
(Muh muh muh muh)
P p p poker face, p p p poker face
(Muh muh muh muh)

I won't tell you that I love you
Kiss or hug you
Cause I'm bluffing with my muffin
I'm not lying I'm just stunning with my love glue gunnin'
Just like a chick in the casino
Take your bank before I pay you out
I promise this, promise this
Check this hand cause I'm marvelous

[Chorus: x3]

P p p poker face, p p p poker face
(Muh muh muh muh)
P p p poker face, p p p poker face
(Muh muh muh muh)

(She is gonna let nobody)

P p p poker face, p p p poker face
(Muh muh muh muh)
P p p poker face, p p p poker face
(Muh muh muh muh)

P p p poker face, p p p poker face
(Muh muh muh muh)
P p p poker face, p p p poker face
(Muh muh muh muh)



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Track duration: 03:57

"Poker Face" as written by Nadir Khayat, Stefani Germanotta

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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    My Opinion:I dont truly know what this song is really about but she has said it is about her attraction to women.
    Flag GagaGirl12on December 13, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:I'm pretty sure this song is about her saying that all she wants from a guy is sex, as she says he can't read her poker face like he doesn't know what she wants and she's just confusing him, making him fall for her. And also when she says "love game intuition play the cards of spades to start, and after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart" as in she's playing him by fooling him, and then when she says "I won't tell you that I love you kiss or hug you cause I'm bluffing with my muffin I'm not lying I'm just stunning with my love glunnin'" and when she says bluffin with my muffin in the music video she grabs her crotch so yeah, I'm pretty positive this is about her only wanting sex from guys and fooling them haha, great song, I can kinda relate it to my life in a strange way.
    Flag neelllyyysuuunnnon August 23, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I don't know if it's just me she looks filthy as does Christina Aguilera.
    Flagged lardydardyon April 12, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I think this songs talks about looking for a good time with a man but not looking for anything more, but still making him fall for her. When you play poker your expressions are very important so I think she is saying that she dosent express anything to him, not even with his face, she is fooling him
    Flag AnneWhiteon January 08, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:When I first heard this song on the radio, I thought this song, “Poker Face,” is about gambling or playing poker because of the repeated line, “ Can’t read my, Can’t read my, no he cant read my poker face,” and “ P p p poker face, p p poker face.” I thought this song is telling how having a poker face means not showing your feeling, thoughts, or emotions on your facial expression; therefore, I thought she is playing poker, and not having anything facial expression so the opponent won’t have any ideas of the cards she has. Later I found out that this song is a metaphor for love.
    The general meaning of this song maybe that loving someone but not showing it, and hiding your emotions, “I won’t tell you that I love you”; just like how life is a game, it involves risks and how sometimes you just want to keep your secrets.
    Another interpretation that I got from this song is that she is desperate for sex. The line “I’ll get him hot, show him what I’ve got,” kind of gave me idea that she might be about having or wants sex with this guy she likes.
    Soon, I finally got the full and deeper interpretation of this song, which I think it’s really interesting, that she is poker facing with her sexuality. The gambling parts are just a metaphor for her making the males believe that she is interested in them, when in reality she is lesbian or bisexual. She hides her sexuality really well behind her poker face and shielding herself. “And after he’s been hooked I’ll play the one that’s on his heart,” shows that she is just messing around with guy that she just met or her boyfriend. “No he can’t read my poker face,” and “she is gonna let nobody,” mean that she might be in a relationship or having sex with this guy while she is thinking of the girl that she secretly has a crush on, but yet the guy doesn’t know because of her poker face.
    Flagged wkou0706on November 29, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song has secret lyrics as you listen to "Poker face" imagine you don't know the words and just listen. The second round of "Poker face" sounds much to close to "Fuck her face". Seriously.
    Flag tongsauon October 26, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:The song is a metaphor. It is about hard, promiscuous love, and how she is "playing her cards" to attract and decieve men.

    This song is not really about poker or gambling. It is about how promiscuous love is a like a gamble.
    Flag jillmlnon October 21, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:this song is about oral sex poker face (poke her face) get him hard show him what i've got its about showing him what she can do with her mouth
    Flag shadowravenon October 10, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:This song is a play on words. "Poke her face" and Poker face" The poker face is how she doesn't need to love to have fun with a guy - she plays the part. the "Poke her face" is her b-job talents. "Let me hold them like they do in texas please...let them hit me etc." p p p poke her face mumumumah (the sound she makes). The meaning is not more complicated than this. The gun/roulette reference. etc all refer to this - its a simple pop song not bob dylan
    Flag imlordgagaon September 20, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:The lyrics of this song is a play on words. It's about her using her b-job talents and not needing love to have fun: "Let me hold them like they do in texas please...let them hit me." etc "Poke her face" and "mumumumah" (the sound she makes while doing it) Then the other play on words, he can't read her poker face because she's busy. She 'plays the part' to have fun. "poker face"; poke her face.
    Flag imlordgagaon September 20, 2011   Link

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